Strangers When We Meet

Another sex-in-suburbia soap after the fashion of PEYTON PLACE and NO DOWN PAYMENT, this picture looks gorgeous but is essentially empty. The star of the film is the house that's being built all through the story and that director Quine reportedly received as partial payment for his work on the project. Co-designed by art director Ross Bellah and architect Carl Anderson, the house is certainly attractive enough, but when a structure becomes the focal point for a movie, you know that the story is in trouble. Douglas is a gifted architect married to Rush, who spends most of her early scenes twittering about the family budget and neglecting Douglas. One day, he is tak...